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Chichewa
Etymology
From fa (“to die”) + -etsa (“causative suffix for monosyllabic stems”). Cognate with Swahili -fisha (“to murder”) and Zulu -físa (“to kill”).
Pronunciation
Verb
-fetsa (infinitive kufétsa)
- Causative form of -fa
- to cause to die
- (by extension) to put to death
- (intensive) to die in great numbers
- to lose a person by death (e.g. "how many children have you lost?")
- to sow
Derived terms
References
- Steven Paas (2016) Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary, Oxford University Press, page 139